Arbitration – Franchisees – Associational dispute

Where an association of franchisees, claiming that a corporation breached the franchisees’ individual license agreements, filed a demand for arbitration, a court order allowing the association’s claims to proceed to arbitration should be affirmed, as it is up to the arbitrators to decide the issue of whether the association may compel arbitration under the terms of the agreements at issue or whether its members must proceed individually.